2010-09-01
2010-09-30
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's kind express toll lane will open on interstate 680. >> the drivers will use the new 14-mile southbound expressway lane from pleasetantton to milpitas. it allows you to use the lane for a price. that starts out at just 30 cents when there's no traffic but as the freeway gets more congested, the price goes up to as much as $6. drivers need a fas trak transponder and signs alert the drivers to the designated entry and exit points. we'll have a live report from jenelle wang in the next half hour and megan will have traffic updates throughout the morning. >> traffic use has grown since 2006 when officials set a goal of 70% usage. the latest survey shows that goal has almost been reached with 68.6% of bridge users now having fas trak. the number of morning drivers on the bay bridge using fas trak has nearly doubled to nearly 77%. >> pg&e could release a list of its 100 riskiest pipeline locations as soon as today. this comes after pressure from federal and state leaders including governor schwarzenegger. the utility isn't saying exactly what it plans to do but it could release the list along

. always sounds good to say that. friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. let's begin with a stunning new possibility in the investigation into the san bruno blast this morning. pg&e are looking into a bacterial cause and what's most frightening is it can be found anywhere. jenelle is live with the latest. jenelle? >> kristen, this has happened before ten years ago in the new mexico desert. a 13-inch transmission line just like the one that ran through the san bruno neighborhood ruptured killing 3 young children. called influence corrosion. microbes that go undetected in a tiny pool of stagnant water in the pipeline and eating away at the metal causing it to corrode. pg&e told state regulators last year that there was ongoing concern about the potential for internal corrosion along the 46-mile pipeline that ran from san francisco through san bruno down to milpitas. the corrosion has shown up in several tests along the line. an environmental microbe biologist outside of pg&e said any pipe as old as this one could have microbes hiding inside of it. the o

, the cool sea breeze is here but won't touch all of us today but will through the weekend. >> caltrain has issued a full freeway closure now in hayward and hercules. we'll have a look at your friday morning road work coming up. >> we will indeed. it is 4:31 this friday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. kristen is off. hours from now herc please police and other agencies will search a pittsburgh landfill for the possible fifth victim in a string of murders involving a hercules man shot and killed earlier this week by chp officers. they're looking for the body of frederick salas. his father was murdered last week and the primary suspect in that case valadamoro was shot and killed last week. more information about the confrontation that may have started the rampage. >> he walked from the fight with a black eye. he told police one of his girlfriend's tenants ricardo salas woke him up and started punching him. the police officer wrote in his report, "i saw ricardo on top of valdamoro lying face down on the floor. valdamoro was completely naked. the son joined in in the fight. but

hollyfield tells us more. >> a collage of pictures greeted mourners showing the vibrant life of these two victims. jackie and her daughter vanessa. >> they saw a video of vanessa. >> this video is her giving her reflex on the catholic faith and her confirmation ceremony in may. her words were so profound, they inspired the priest who will be giving the homily at her funeral tomorrow. >> i looked at it about three times. she spoke to me. i want to use her words. >> jackie and vanessa died a week ago in the san bruno explosion and fire that killed at least four people. >> i want people to know that this should never have happened. that they didn't deserve -- they were home making dinner, doing homework. >> janessa was an eighth grader, president of the student council, a dancer and honor student. her classmates are determined to keep her memory alive. >> she's part of this class of 2011 and she's a big part of it. we're not going to forget that. we're keeping her picture up. right now her desk is here with all her things in it. >> the sudden death of the two has made them realize the import

. thanks for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. another warm day across the bay area. with the high temperatures, pg&e is asking all bay area customers to conceive electricity after an equipment problem knocked out power saturday evening. they ask you to close windows and blinds before it gets very hot. you're being asked to turn off any unused lights and appliances and set your thermostat at 75 degrees or higher if you don't plan to be at home. >> all good ideas. mike joins us with more with expected heat and spare the air. >> the poor air quality continues to build along with the heat. good morning to you on this monday. we can't escape it in the east bay valleys and in the santa clara valley. that's where we'll find the poorest air quality. everybody else should be moderate and below the threshold of unhealthy levels. you can see the 1 hundreds fairfield concord livermore, 95 san jose, 89 oakland 87 san francisco today. monterey at 79 but 89 santa cruz and 100 degree temperatures morgan hill and gilroy. we'll talk about a sli

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